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Publications, Studies and Adopted Plans

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Comprehensive Plans

Year of Adoption or Publication

Available for download

Price of hard copy

Anchorage 2020/Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Plan

2001

Yes

$39 book

$5 CD

Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Development Plan

1982

No

out of print

Chugiak-Eagle River Comprehensive Plan

1993

Yes

$15, limited-call first

Chugiak-Eagle River Comprehensive Plan Update

2006

Yes

$10, limited

Girdwood Area Plan

1995

Yes

$15

Turnagain Arm Comprehensive Plan

1987

Yes

$10, limited-call first

Land Use Regulations

Year of Adoption or Publication

Available for download

Price of hard copy

Title 21 Land Use Code

Current

by chapter, at Municode

$40, limited

Sign Ordinance

2003

Yes

Free

Anchorage Indicators

Year of Adoption or Publication

Available for download

Price of hard copy

Anchorage Indicators, Volume I

1997

Yes

$10

Anchorage Indicators, Volume II

1997

Yes

$8

Anchorage Indicators, Volume III

1997

Yes

$10

Anchorage Indicators, Neighborhood Sourcebook

1997

No

$12

Census 2000 Profile

2003

Yes

Free

Demographic Indicators - 2000

2000

Yes

$8

Housing & Construction Indicators

2000

Yes

$8

Employment Indicators

2000

Yes

$8

Income Indicators

2000

Yes

$5

Cost of Living Indicators

2000

Yes

$5

Government and Military Indicators

2000

Yes

$5

Special Site or Area Land Use Studies

Year of Adoption or Publication

Available for download

Price of hard copy

Anchorage Bowl Commercial and Industrial Land Use Study: Part 1 and Part 2

1996

Yes

Anchorage Snow Avalanche Zoning Analysis

1982

Yes

$5, call first

Anchorage CBD Comprehensive Development Plan

1983

Yes

$5, call first

Anchorage Downtown Comprehensive Plan

2007

Yes

$14.70

Avalanche Hazard Workshop Report

1992

No

Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan

2000

No

Eagle River Central Business District Revitalization Plan

2003

Yes

$16

Fiscal Impact Analysis (Prepared for Anchorage 2020 Comprehensive Plan)

2000

Yes

$5, limited

Geotechnical Hazards Assessment Study

1979

Yes 

$10

Girdwood Commercial Areas and Transportation Master Plan

2001

Yes

$10

Snow Avalanche & Mass-wasting Hazard Analysis - Glacier/Winner Creek Area, Alaska

1993

No

$5

Girdwood-Iditarod Trail Route Study

1997

Yes 

Glacier–Winner Creek Access Corridor Study

1996

No

out of print

Goose Lake Plan

1983

No

out of print

Hillside Wastewater Management Plan

1982

Yes 

$5, limited

HLB Parcel 1-085 Land Use Study

1996

No

out of print

Housing and Community Development Action Plan

2002

No

Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan

2002

No

Patterns of the Past: An Inventory of Anchorage Historic Resources

1986

No

out of print

Potter Valley Land Use Analysis

1999

No

$10, limited

Section 36 Land Use Study

1991

No

out of print

Ship Creek/Waterfront Land Use Plan

1991

No

out of print

Spenard Commercial District Development Strategy

1986

No

$5, limited

3500 Tudor Road Master Plan

2007

Yes

Traffic Dept. 343-8406

University and Medical District Framework Master Plan (U-Med)

2003

Yes

$15

Public Facility Plans and Studies

Year of Adoption or Publication

Available for download

Price of hard copy

Anchorage Bowl Park, Natural Resource, and Recreation Facility Plan

2006

Yes

Anchorage Park, Greenbelt and Recreation Facility Plan

1985

No

out of print

Volume I: Anchorage Bowl

1985

No

$5

Volume II: Chugiak-Eagle River-Eklutna

1985

No

$5, limited

Volume: III: Turnagain Arm

1985

No

out of print

Volume IV: Summary

1985

No

out of print

Areawide Library Facilities Plan

1984

No

out of print

Areawide Trails Plan

1996

No

Free

Eagle River Greenbelt Plan

1985

No

out of print

Far North Bicentennial Park Master Plan (Updated)

1985

No

$5, limited

Rabbit Creek Greenbelt Plan

1987

Yes

out of print

Street and Highway Landscape Plan

1981

Yes

out of print

Tudor Road Public Lands and Institutions Plan

1986

No

out of print

Utility Corridor Plan

1990

Yes

$5

Environmental Plans and Studies

Year of Adoption or Publication

Available for download

Price of hard copy

Anchorage Coastal Management Plan

2007

Yes

Free

Anchorage Coastal Management Plan

1979

No

out of print

Anchorage Wetlands Management Plan

1995

No

$15

208 Areawide Water Quality Management Plan

1979

No

out of print

1992 Air Quality Attainment Plan for Anchorage

1992

No

Hillside Wastewater Management Plan

1982

No

$5, limited

Field Guide to Anchorage Wetlands

No

out of print

    • Planning Department
    • Acting Director: Jerry Weaver
    • 4700 Elmore Road, Anchorage, AK 99507
    • 907 343-7909
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